2 volumes 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references

v. 1 The reality of sin -- The nature of sin -- Sin as transgression of the law -- Sin as disobedience against God -- Sin as selfishness -- The imputation of sin -- Guilt ; and the consciousness of guilt -- Man's guilt and his dependence upon God -- Examination of the principle theories in explanation of sin -- Derivation of sin from the metaphysical imperfection of man -- Derivation of sin from man's sensuous nature -- Schleiermacher's view of the essence and origin of sin -- Derivation of sin from the contrasts of individual life -- Dualistic derivation of evil

v. 2 The possibility of sin -- Man's free will -- Formal and real freedom -- The freedom of the will in moral development -- Transcendental and empirical freedom -- Freedom as the possibility of sin -- Human freedom compatible with God's infinite will and knowledge -- The relation of human freedom to the divine omnipotence -- The relation of human freedom to the divine omniscience -- The spread of sin -- The universality of sin as a matter of experience -- Sin as a corruption of human nature -- The doctrine of hereditary sin -- The origin of inborn sinfulness --The aggravation of sin in individual life

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